Domine Deus Pater (Hans Leo Hassler)

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Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2012-06-01). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 39 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Original key (ATTB); note values halved.

Title: Domine Deus Pater
Composer: Hans Leo Hassler

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Template:Published: Sacri concentus, (Nuremberg, 1601, revised 1612)

Description: No. 8 in Hassler's Sacri concentus, this is a musical setting of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer before eating.

Latin text

Domine Deus, Pater omnipotens,
benedic nos, et haec dona,
quae de tua largitate sumus sumpturi,
per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

English translation

Lord God, Father almighty,
bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts
which we are about to receive from thy bounty,
through Christ our Lord. Amen.